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    Diabetes and insomnia

    I hate not being able to sleep properly, I sometimes have trouble getting off to sleep then wake up having nightmares some days and that's not nice either and you dare not go back to sleep
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    I am here for the time being

    I am here for the time being
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    Shoulder & Neck Pain

    Have any of you had a diagnosis for fybromyalgia, I was diagnosed as having fybromyalgia just after being diagnosed diabetic 2 years ago, despite having cortisone injections in both shoulders i still suffer with my right shoulder, its not as bad as it used to be.
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    Grapes ... Confused

    Sorry to bother you Larry but are you in England as you say you have to pay for your strips, i get mine on prescription from the doctor, I know some doctor's won't provide them but its always worth asking
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    Loose stools

    I am having the same problems but i have cut out brown bread and bran flakes and now have white bread and i have found that i have not had stomach problems for well over a month now, this was affecting my work as i was having to take time off till the problem calmed down, the doc thinks that...
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    Willpower????

    my hubby won't give me any willpower, he just goes out and buys me chocolates and sweets no matter what i say, i keep asking him if he is trying to kill me
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    Type 2 and thyroid problems

    I was diagnosed diabetic last June and have only just found out that i have an under active thyroid. Also please be aware that Fibromyalgia and Tri Gleminal Neuralgia are all common with diabetics, I was diagnosed in January 2011 of having Fibromyalgia after suffering since August the year...
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    Gluten free diet.

    I have had stomach problems for the past 6 - 8 months and even though i have been checked for celiac disease which i don't have i cannot intake brown bread or bran flakes and all bran, even weetabix cause problems, i have found that since starting on white bread that i don't have any signs of a...
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    what foods can I eat?

    Got my results from the Doc, I have to go and see a gstroenterologist for further testing, but she did say I wasn't a coeliac, maybe suffering with IBS but also there is a slight problem with my liver function test
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    what foods can I eat?

    I will let you know tomorrow lunchtime Nigel, I am at the docs at 7.20am but can only access the web during the lunch period between 12 and 2pm
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    what foods can I eat?

    Hi Noblehead I am seeing my GP tomorrow to get the results of my celiac blood test so she may suggest other things to find out what is wrong, its going to cost me my job if its not sorted, only been here for 4 months and already had 6-7 days off with stomach trouble
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    what foods can I eat?

    I was diagnosed last june as type 2 and was told to eat healthy food with fibre and carbohydrates in them, brown rice and pasta, then when we went to a seminar (I took my hubby so he could learn as well) we were told white rice and pasta is just as good as the brown, i have been trying to eat...
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    How often do you have an HBa1C ?

    I have mine every 3 months as I suffer with high levels and until we know what is causing the tummy problems i can only taking 1000g of glucophage, my doctor has also allowed me to have strips as well to check myself, the reason why i could get the strips was we are trying to get pregnant my...
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    Metformin tummy trouble

    I also had stomach problems with the Metformin 3 times a day, the doc switched me to Glucophage 2 1000g a day and 3 months later he cut me down to 1 a day but this has still not settled my problems every couple of weeks i am so bad with the stomach that i have to take time of work and as i have...